Printable Bunco score sheet 🎲

How to print and fill in Bunco score sheets

This tool prints Bunco scorecards, two per row. Each card has lines for Name and Table, one row for each of the six rounds with columns for Points, W / L and Bunco •, a TOTALS row, and spaces for Wins, Losses and Buncos at the bottom. Only the cards are printed.

Printing the cards

1. Type your event name in Party / title. It defaults to "Bunco Night" and prints at the top of the sheet.
2. Set Number of cards, from 1 to 16. The default is 4. Each player needs their own card.
3. Click Print score sheets and check print preview to see how many cards fit on a page.
4. Cut the cards apart along their borders, or leave them on the sheet. Each card has its own border.

Each card covers one set of six rounds, and a night can include more than one set. One published format uses four sets, with a break after the second. For 12 players and four sets, that is 48 cards. The tool prints up to 16 at a time, so set it to 12 and print four copies from the print dialog.

Bunco rules as commonly played

Rules vary from group to group, so agree on house rules before the first roll. A common setup:

• 12 players at three tables of four, with partners sitting across from each other. One table is the head table. Each table has three dice.
• There are six rounds, and the target number is the round number: ones in round 1, up to sixes in round 6.
• A player rolls all three dice and scores 1 point for each die showing the target number. They keep rolling while they score. A roll with no points passes the dice to the left.
• Three of the target number is a Bunco, worth 21 points. Three of a kind of any other number is usually worth 5 points.
• The round ends when a team at the head table reaches 21 points, often signaled with a bell. Groups differ on whether other tables stop at once or finish the current turn.
• Winning teams usually move up toward the head table, and the losing team at the head table moves to the lowest table. Partners change as players move, but the exact pattern varies.

Filling in a card

At the end of each round, write your team's points in Points and a W or L in W / L. If you rolled a Bunco yourself, put a dot in Bunco •. A Bunco goes on the card of the player who rolled it, not the partner's. When the set is over, add up each column in the TOTALS row and copy the counts to Wins, Losses and Buncos.

Example: a player wins rounds 1, 2, 4 and 6, loses rounds 3 and 5, and rolls one Bunco in round 4. Their card ends with Wins 4, Losses 2 and Buncos 1. Wins plus losses should always equal the number of rounds played, here 6.

Handling ties

If two teams at a table have the same score when the round ends, a roll-off is a common way to settle it. Agree beforehand on how the roll-off works. Do the same for prizes: decide in advance how to break a tie for most wins or most Buncos, for example with a roll-off or a shared prize.

Tips and common mistakes

• Not agreeing on prize categories. Settle before round 1 what wins a prize, such as most Buncos or most wins, so everyone tracks the right column.
• Counting pips. Only dice that show the target number score, 1 point each. Two fives in round 5 is 2 points, not 10.
• Forgetting the round number. After a few rounds it is easy to lose track. Write it on a card at each table, or check the last filled row.
• Running short of dice. The dice roller can stand in at a table. Set Number of dice to 3 and Sides to 6.